Chapter 179 Honey Iced Water, Wheat Leaf Cold Tea, Snow Dragon Fruit Branches, Plant Bark...
Afterwards, Shu Xin extended the three-hour workday to other functional areas, giving the flower fairies plenty of free time.
At first, the flower fairies were quite apprehensive. However, after being told that the work schedule was temporarily implemented due to the weather and that the food supply would return to normal, the flower fairies gradually relaxed and began to arrange their leisure time.
The flower fairy slaves began researching various cold drinks.
After the flower fairy slaves who went to the classroom to learn elven script brought back water cups made from the calyxes of the Earthgrass plant, it wasn't long before each flower fairy slave had a calyx water cup.
At first, they only used it to hold water from the Sun Spring for drinking. However, as the weather became hotter and the temperature inside the Bellflower Hut gradually rose, the flower fairy slaves gathered more often in the dining hall, which had a miniature garden magic circle drawn on it. In addition, they could get ice blocks from the newly added freezing magic circle in the dining hall every day, and with production magic wands in hand, they would cut ice blocks and put them into their water cups after returning to the hut, and cool down better by drinking ice water.
Among all sorts of strange and unusual drinks, two were particularly popular, and even ordinary people learned to make them:
One is honey ice water. Because the flower fairy slaves live inside the bellflower, many flower fairies tried to collect the honey from the bellflower and put it into a glass of water with ice cubes. Then the sweet and refreshing honey ice water was born.
Another option is barley leaf iced tea. The preparation of this one is slightly more complicated, but not by much. After picking a leaf from the Golden Honey Barley, you wash it clean, cut it into thin strips, and then air-dry it. When brewing it, you first use spring water from Taiyangquan until the water turns slightly yellow, and then add ice cubes. This way, you can enjoy iced tea with a sweet aroma of barley leaves.
—The water in Sun Spring is still steaming hot spring water. After inquiring with the Tree of Life and learning that cooling the spring water would consume a lot of magic power, Shu Xin gave up the idea. Hot spring water it is, the steam rising from it will at least increase the humidity of the air...
As for the flower fairies and commoners, they began to carefully decorate their houses.
The moss wall, which had dried out due to the hot weather, was finally thoroughly watered and restored to its former lush greenery. Flower fairies plucked their long hair and strung together fallen bellflowers and creeping violets, hanging them noisily on the wooden fence of the treehouse terrace. Many more flower fairies skillfully wove whole flowers into straw rugs, which hung long in front of doors and windows, blocking out the increasingly glaring sunlight.
The clever flower fairies even offered dessert to the big guys in exchange for some water hyacinths that would bloom beautifully from the underground lake. They dug a small pond in the open space below the treehouse, filled it with water, and planted the water hyacinths, making the water hyacinth salad on the table even crisper and fresher. When the water hyacinths bloomed, they could invite neighbors to gather by the pond. In the shade cast by the treehouse, the flower fairies would sing and dance joyfully, enjoying the cool breeze blowing from the water.
Shuxin, inside the Flower Castle, could sometimes hear melodious songs drifting on the wind.
Flower fairies from different regions sing different songs. After learning ancient songs from their elders, they teach them to their children. Even though some words are difficult to understand and some melodies have changed, they are still passed down from generation to generation, preserving the culture and customs of the riverside fairies.
Shu Xin was unaware that a new ballad had been circulating among the flower fairies:
"Goddess of Flowers, bestow wisdom upon me, bestow knowledge upon me."
O agent of the gods, you bring justice, you bring peace.
The sun in the sky is always bright.
That is the benevolence of the goddess of flowers.
That is the wisdom of the proxy.
By the goddess of flowers, I offer my vow, I offer my loyalty.
O agent of the gods, I will offer my life, I will offer my soul.
The Sun Spring on Earth never dries up
That is my respect
That is my praise
..."
Shu Xin has recently been researching how to make the snow dragon fruit branches into the lining of a magic cloak. She has already eaten quite a lot of the snow dragon fruit that the Snow Clan paid for in advance, and she has finally found a solution.
Directly stuffing it wouldn't work. Snow dragon fruit is a cactus-like plant from another world. After several attempts, Shu Xin discovered that the branches were rich in plant fibers. She considered braiding them into rope, but rope couldn't be used as a cloak lining. She also wondered if these fibers could be woven into cloth, but the machines needed for weaving were technically too difficult to make. Finally, she went to the Tree of Life and was surprised to receive a recipe—
This recipe can be used to make leather from snow dragon fruit branches!
Following the steps in the recipe, Shu Xin removed the thorns from the surface of the branches, cleaned them simply, cut them into small pieces, crushed them by hand, spread the paste out to air dry, and once it was completely dry, she added the ground grass fruit and magic powder, rolled it evenly, then crushed it again, and finally rolled it a second time and air dried it. The soft, elastic and breathable plant leather was then made.
Thus, the Snow Clan's custom-made magic cloak was freshly made—the light green exterior was made of magic fabric from the leaves of the Tree of Life, while the dark green lining was made of plant leather from snow dragon fruit branches. The entire magic cloak was light and supple, shiny and smooth. When Shu Xin received the finished product, she felt that the silky texture was like a piece of silk made with magic!
The plant leather made from snow dragon fruit branches gave Shu Xin a new inspiration. After confirming its feasibility with the Tree of Life, she arranged for the flower fairies to build a new fabric workshop. The workshop initially produced plant leather, but after the cloak workshop produced a sufficient number of custom-made magic cloaks for the Snow Clan, the fabric workshop began to produce another type of fabric, namely waterproof fabric.
With just one more step, the surface of the plant leather is evenly covered with a layer of the sap of the ground grass fruit and then baked and dried. The hardened plant leather becomes waterproof. In this way, as long as the magic workshops built of white clay are covered with waterproof cloth, even if it suddenly rains in the land of sin, these workshops will not collapse and be destroyed.
Although the reconstruction still needs to be done, at least there will be more buffer time, Shu Xin thought.
With her hands free, Shu Xin walked around the residential area again, still under the influence of the confusion magic.
The weather is still very hot, and it looks like the three-hour workday will continue until the next harvest month. Although the flower fairies are good at entertaining themselves by singing and dancing, Shu Xin thinks their entertainment life is still a bit barren. After returning to the Flower Castle, Shu Xin began to think about whether to add some entertainment facilities for the flower fairies.
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A note from the author: The inspiration for the song in this article comes from Psalm 72 in the Bible.
Quick tip: Because nectar contains alkaline substances, consuming a certain amount of these substances can cause poisoning in humans, so it is not recommended for humans to consume it.
In addition, cactus leaves, pineapple leaves, etc. can indeed be made into plant leather, and I searched for it and it looks quite pretty.
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